Install Mavericks from USB flash drive issue

[bowtiej]

I have and 2007 Imac. 2.4 Gz Intel Core 2 Duo proc.
I have partitioned the HD.
I have partitioned the flash for 1 part and checked GUID and used untitled as name.
In terminal I use " sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --nointeraction "
It won't load the Mavericks boot info. I get a " invalid mount point " error that stops everything.
Any help would be great.
Thanks

 

[MysticCow]

You'll need to use Unibeast to accomplish your goal.

 

[cinematicme]

Disk maker X formerly Lion Disk Maker will make a USB installer for you

 

[Mikeske]

Eject the USB and reinstall it again. Verify your USB on Disk Utility that it is called "untitled" and then use the terminal command as you did in the original post. I have noticed that if you check close my Mac Pro wants to rename it "untitled 1" I have to go to the name block and eliminate the "1" and it works fine.

 

[AmestrisXServe]

Is it possible to run an installer from another OSX version from the Terminal like this? I always thought that the install process required that it be run from the same installer version as the OS...

I am trying to decompress some PAX files on the 10.0 Beta installer, but they are encrypted in some way; PAX gives an 'unauthorised' error.

I apparently need to do a true installation, in order to gain access to the files, but I have no systems at this point that could run 10.0, much less 10.0b.

Is it possible to run the installation--onto a disc image--from the Terminal, using Installer on 10.2, 10.3, or 10.4?

 

[bowtiej]

Install Mavericks from USB flash drive issue

Thanks Mikeske

Tried as u suggested and had to remove the "1" behind untitled.
Error reads now "/Volumes/untitled is not a valid volume mount point"

thanks all

 

[Bruno09]

Could this help ?

https://discussions.apple.com/message/23685904#23685904

 

[Gjwilly]

Since you seem to have eliminated everything else I just have to suggest the obvious.
Are you sure you selected HFS+ Journaled when you partitioned the USB?

 

[bowtiej]

New error

Gjwilly selections is Mac OS (journaled).

Bruno09 I rename my partitioned USB drive and now get error as follows
" Failed to start erase of disk due to error (-9999, 0).
A error occurred erasing the disk. "

Sorry to take so long to reply but thanks to all.
Gonna see what I can find on this error.

 

[Bruno09]

What is your current OS ?

If you are running Snow Leopard, all this does not work : https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5732585?tstart=0

 

[bowtiej]

yes, Bruno

running 10.6.8

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Bruno

I'm not sure what Linc is saying in that post!
This newbie needs a more step by step approach.

Thanks for your help

 

[tywebb13]

running 10.6.8

Therein lies the problem.

You can't run the terminal command to properly make a bootable usb of mavericks in snow leopard. Diskmaker X won't work in snow leopard either.

There is a way around this however.

9to5mac published a method for the very first developer preview of mavericks which is quite different to every other bootable version of mavericks since. That should work in snow leopard for the other versions too, but your usb will be not as good as the one you could otherwise make in lion, mountain lion or mavericks with terminal - and it will not install a recovery partition.

So you could make the usb using 9to5mac's method and go ahead and use it to install mavericks. Then once you have installed mavericks, I would then reformat the usb and then make it again under mavericks, but this time using the terminal command.

You could then use the better usb installer to reinstall mavericks - and this time it will give you a recovery partition.

Here is 9to5mac's article for developer preview 1:

http://9to5mac.com/2013/06/13/how-t...-flash-drive-from-original-app-store-package/